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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sizeable community of students devoted to reading, writing and generally appreciating poetry. I asked a number of people in the Harvard community why they thought poetry mattered, and received answers ranging from the bizarre statement of Hatim Belyamani '99, who claimed that poetry "is like a fermented milk shake. It can be cheesy but still quench your thirst" to Christian Lorentzen's '99 statement on the political power that poetry has had in the fight in Kosovo: "Epic poetry is one of the roots of the conflict in Kosovo. The Serb national epic immortalizes their defeat at the hands...

Author: By Erin E. Billings, | Title: Poems. Poems. Poems | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...sizeable community of students devoted to reading, writing and generally appreciating poetry. I asked a number of people in the Harvard community why they thought poetry mattered, and received answers ranging from the bizarre statement of Hatim Belyamani '99, who claimed that poetry "is like a fermented milk shake. It can be cheesy but still quench your thirst" to Christian Lorentzen's '99 statement on the political power that poetry has had in the fight inKosovo: "Epic poetry is one of the roots of the conflict in Kosovo. TheSerb national epic immortalizes their defeat at the hands of the Ottoman...

Author: By Erin E. Billings, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reviews for National Poetry Month | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...merger] doesn't shake us in our boots," Shanahan said. "We're confident and comfortable in the idea that Smith and a number of other women's college are an important part of the educational landscape and will not just disappear into the night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Sisters? | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

...would have sounded histrionic on any other athlete--tried to avoid a farewell tour, but it came anyway, after the New York Post broke the news of his impending decision last week. His last game in Canada, at Ottawa, became a ceremony, with opposing players each skating over to shake his hand; and the p.a. guy, instead of announcing the three stars of the game as is the custom at every NHL game, called only one--the only real superstar hockey has ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wayne Gretzky: The Great One Skates Away | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...others and to "reveal all their trappings as mere disguises." For Henry, life is a play and we are all characters--characters that we create, both for others and for ourselves. As Henry sees it, the job of a madman is to awaken us to this fact, to "shake what you have painstakingly constructed within yourself...down to the very foundations." Yet even in his false madness, Henry is a deeply pathetic figure who is fully aware that the last 20 years of his life have been wasted...

Author: By John W. Baxindine, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oh, Henry! allusions of grandeur | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

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